This is what Orgeron said:
I am listening to The Horn right now and here is the story Chad Hastings relayed. He says he talked to someone (he would not say who) who knows the whole story, and what Coach O was told by the La Tech equipment manager was something like, "It's pretty hot down there, you may want to bring in some extra equipment if you think it will be a problem." Not necessarily that the locker room is hot, but that AUSTIN is hot.
When Ed says, "They didn't have air" he was referring to La Tech. It doesn't mean air conditioning, it means air like fans and blowers and such. La Tech did not have any, and he is saying we did and it helped. The Louisiana media was only too happy to paint UT as being petty and shutting off the a/c, so nobody followed up to clarify.
Chad also said his source had family that was in the LSU locker room before the game and they reported it was uncomfortably cold in there due to the extra fans and such that LSU was using.
So take that for what is is worth.
Rod Babers brought up a really good point that says this is a bunch of bull about no a/c: No tweets from the players complaining about it or even talking about it. He contends if the players are not talking about it on social media, it is a non-issue.
Last edited: Sep 10, 2019